Management dept. faculty candidateManagement dept. faculty candidate: Sarah Doyle, Management and Human Resources Department, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. Abstract: "The desire to gain status and achieve a higher place in the hierarchy is argued to be rooted in human nature. As such, much work has documented that people react to potential changes in the hierarchy and are therefore inclined to display strategic behaviors towards others in an attempt to gain status and/or avoid a status loss in the future. With many group members being especially motivated to enact (or avoid) a future status change, it is important to understand how behavior towards their fellow teammates is affected following a status change. The current research examines how status change influences helping behaviors within hierarchical groups. Building upon recent advances on the psychology of status change, we propose the experience of a status change can affect helping, and that the relationship will depend on whether an individual has gained or lost status. We propose an asymmetry, with individuals who lose status being expected to help less than individuals whose status does not change; however, individuals who gain status are not expected to necessarily help more than individuals who status does not change. Across four studies, we test our proposed asymmetry effect and the underlying psychological mechanism (i.e., asymmetric changes in other-orientation). In our final study, we document that the attributed source of status change can serve as an important boundary condition. We discuss the theoretical and managerial implications for status change on helping in hierarchical settings."